Galvanic battery.



No. 672,7l5. Patented Apr. 23, I901. 03. B. SGHOENMEHL.

GALVANIO BATTERY.

(Application filed Oct. 30, 1900.1 (No Model.) 2 Sheets-$heet I.

n gvwemgoz 8 2 33 M Charles B. Schoenmehl "n4: Mimi's Pnzns co, PNQA'O-LITHO. WASHINGTON. n. c.

No. 672,715. Patented-Apr. 23, I90l.

c. B. SCHOENMEHL.

GALVANIC BATTERY.

(Application filed Oct. 30, 1900.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet -2.

vwentoz Charles .B. Schoen me'hl UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

CHARLES B. SCHOENMEHL, F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WATERBURY BATTERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GALVANIC BATTERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 672,715, dated April 23, 1901.

Application filed October 30, 1900. Serial No. 34,883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern; I for, which, as indicated, may be formed of Be it known that I, CHARLES B. SOHOEN- sheet metal. A suitable depolarizing agent MEHL, a citizen of the United States, and a in liquid form is indicated by R. Within the resident of Waterbury, in the county of New cover are two holes 0 0, each of which is Haven and State of Connecticut, have inprovided withinsulating-sleevesDD,through vented certain new and useful Improvements which the wire connections E F of the posiin Galvanic Batteries, of which the following tive and negative elements of the battery pass. is a specification. The negative element G in the battery My invention relates to supports for the shown-may be constructed in the usual or 10 elements contained in galvanic batteries, any preferred wayas, for instance, made in whereby said elements may be retained at a basket form of either perforated sheet metal certain position within the battery-jar with or wire-gauze. This basket in practice is fixed relation thereto and to each other. filled with oxid of copper or a similar-acting It is the object of myinvention to produce substance and is provided with a cover H, as

15 a device for supporting both the positive shown. The basket shown contains a cenand negative elements of batteries independtral rod I, the head of which engages the botent of both the jar and cover and in such a tom of the basket, and is provided with a manner that neither of said elements will washer and a nut J upon the opposite or top come in contact therewith, thus making it end by means of which the cover is secured 20 possible to attach an insulated wire direct to in place and the fieldwire F, before menboth of said elements without the use of the tioned, attached. The positive element is customary intermediate rods or binding-post. also of a common construction, comprising a With the above and other minor objects in cylindrical zinc K, having the field-wire E view my invention resides and consists in the attached thereto in any suitable wayas, for

25 novel construction and combination of parts instance, by means of soldering at the unitshown upon the accompanying sheet of draw ing vertical edges. It is these two elements, ings, forming a part of this specification, and therefore, that I desire to support within the upon which similar characters of reference jarindependent of the cover in substantially denote like or corresponding parts throughthe relation to each other shown in the draw- 50 out the several figures, and of'whichings. My device for accomplishing the ob Figure 1 shows a central vertical cross-secject is shown applied in Fig. 1 and in detail tion through a battery the elements of which in the other figures. It preferably comprises are supported by my improved device. Fig. a base-strip L, which may be in cylindrical, 2 shows a detached edge and side view, resquare, or any other suitable shape, and like.-

35 spectively, of one of the supporting-columns wise provided with any form of fastening for comprising a part of my invention. Fig. 3 is a the insulating-columns M. In the drawings sectional plan view of the several supporting- I have shown said parts secured together in columns and the means for retaining them in a simple manner, employingabolt N, which, position. Fig. 4 shows a side elevation of a as will be seen, passes through a hole in the 4.0 modified form of supporting-column which porcelain column and through 3. correspondmay be used in connection with metal or other ing hole in the base, with a nut upon the jars. Figs. 5, 6, and 7' show further modifiouter side to clamp them together. The colcations of my element-supporting device and umns proper may be three or four in number, wherein the support for one of the elements as desired, and are each substantially alike 45 is formed upon the metal ring which holds in construction, comprising a straight vertithe columns. sally-disposed body, with a top end 0 bev- Referri-ng in detail to the characters of refeled off, as shown in Fig. 2. Adjacent to erence marked upon thedrawings,Aindicates the lower end of the column I provide an a battery-jar, which may be of any desired inwardlydisposed lug P, which, as shown 50 shape or construction, and B a cover therein Fig. 1, forms a rest or support for the basket or negative elements and serves to retain it in a true vertical position and central of the said several columns. Upon this lug P and upon the opposite side of the column I arrange a second lug Q, which is substantially like the former one, but which projects outward instead of inward, and thus forms external support for the zinc ring which encircles the basket and incloses the top end of thecolumn in the manner illustrated in the drawings. In some instances I prefer to form this upper lug Q deeper, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to have it extend out beyond the similar to that ofthe top end 0 of the column, so as to prevent the accumulation of .sediment thereon, which would avoid any liability to short-circuit the battery.

In some instances I may elect to form lugs P or a ledge Q integral with the strip L and arrange it upon either the inner or outer side of the columns to support one or the other of the elements, and thus require but one lug upon each column.

By reason of the foregoing it will be seen that I form an insulation between the two elements in a manner to prevent the accumulation of any substance therebetween which would be liable to short-circuit the battery and likewise insulate them from the jar and retain each and all of them at a fixed relation Therefore what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a battery-element support, the combination with a suitable base, of a series of insulating-columns having inner and outer supports thereon for both the positive and negative elements.

2. In a battery-element support, the combination with a suitable base, of a series of insulating-columns having an inner and outer lug thereon for the support of both the positive and negative elements.

3. A battery-element support comprising a series of insulating-cold mus adapted to be lo- 'cated. between the positive and negative elements and containing inner and outer supports thereonto retain the said elements in their relative positions.

4. A support for the elements of a batterycomprising a series of vertically-disposed col umns with means for retaining them inposition, lugs secured to said columns and deflected in opposite directions to independently support a negative element upon one side and a positive element upon the other.

5. In a galvanic battery, the combination of aseries of vertically-disposed insulatingcolumns having lugs upon the innerand outer sides. the former to support the negative element of the battery and the latter to support the positive, and likewise engage the jar in a 

